E-Safety 29 April 2002 e-Safety High-Level Meeting Brussels 25 April 2002 CONCLUSIONS

E-Safety 29 April 2002 e-Safety - Main Conclusions The High-Level meeting discussed: –General goals and key issues of e-Safety –Strategy and priorities for its implementation, –Next steps for the way forward and the follow-up. General conclusion: –e-Safety is an opportunity to further improve road safety and comfort of vehicles, decrease harmful effects of transport, and turn this to business opportunities to automotive, telecommunication and service industries and infrastructure operators

E-Safety 29 April 2002 e-Safety - Requirements (1) Commitment from all sectors - making things happen Common strategy - partnership (private - public) Integrated approach to safety (vehicle, driver, infrastructure) Removing of obstacles: –lack of open standards –fragmentation of markets –lack of financing for information infrastructure –education of the drivers –risks (e.g.legal liability issues) Identification of a positive business case, and creation of business opportunities

E-Safety 29 April 2002 e-Safety - Requirements (2) Giving adequate consideration to the human factors/weaknesses Developing a clear understanding of the state of play in standardisation and where further actions are required in standardisation and regulation Classification of e-Safety technologies and creating customer awareness/demand in a way similar to EuroNCAP Considering also the safety issues in the enlargement states Coordinating with Member States and existing safety advisory bodies Incorporating in the work non-European countries, especially USA and Japan.

E-Safety 29 April 2002 Key Actions for e-Safety (1) The HL Meeting decided to build a public-private partnership which will work together on eSafety targets: Finalisation of the targets of the e-Safety Action Plan Elaboration of the e-Safety Road Map & finding consensus Continuation of the process with –High-Level Meetings –A Working Group, established for 6 months, to assist in the preparation of the e-Safety Action Plan and in the follow-up of its implementation

E-Safety 29 April 2002 Key actions for e-Safety (2) Working together on –Certification, standardisation, harmonisation –Eliminating liability and other legal barriers –Human-Machine interaction –services like e-call, traffic and travel information –better quality contents for mobile services, especially access to public authority data Undertaking RTD and deployment of interoperable e-Safety technologies (possibly Integrated Projects on e-Safety)

E-Safety 29 April 2002 Role of partners The automotive industry will be in charge of developing autonomous in-vehicle safety technologies The industry is in charge of developing the Road Map, with EC acting as a catalyst and supporting the RTD Ertico should coordinate on the interactive technologies (e- Call, Traffic Information, vehicle/roadside communication) EC will propose a Communication to the Council and the European Parliament on Intelligent Vehicle and Road Safety EC will act as a catalyst for all other actions, and use RTD funding from FP6 to support e-Safety

E-Safety 29 April 2002 Final remarks We need concrete targets, for example having e-Call as a standard feature in ALL vehicles in 2006 We should not loose momentum - keep up the process Next milestones: –Lyon e-Safety Congress, September 2002 –Next HL Meeting, November 2002